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Dr. Sander's Sleep Cure (2024)
BETTER NOT SLEEP
A man (one of the many roles of the director and writer Mart Sander himself) can't find sleep and then puts on a weird cassette tape that is supposed to make the listener drowsy.
First the dreams are slower, then they speed up. The man sees himself in his dreams - first there is one of him, then two, then a lot more!
To be honest, I actually felt sleepy when listening to the hypnotic, purring voice (once more, Sander himself). Especially. Since I watched the film very late at night. So I identified myself with the poor man, because every time another nightmare began, I jolted awake and the sleep was gone.
The Kennedy Incident (2021)
Love, disappointment, rejection
I watched this as I saw another film by the same director at a festival and was interested to see what else he has done.
The Kennedy Incident is quite a beutiful love story, transcending time and space. It takes place before the WWII in Eastern Europe (or is it Northern Europe?), but it could take place today in the US or wherever. It's a 'girl finds boy, girl loses boy' kind of film, which doesn't necessarily have a happy ending - but not an unhappy one, either. I would call it 'a realist ending' - people try to make peace with themselves and their memories.
It's not a film ABOUT Kennedy, it's more a film WITH Kennedy in it. If you're hoping for a biopic, you might be disappointed. Also, it's in different languages, so again, if you only can tolerate films in English, this might be a tough watch.
Blonde (2022)
Realistic and honest
It's sad to see that this great film has such a low ratings. People seem to have their fantasy of Marilyn and nothing is permitte to shatter that image. But isn't it the duty of a filmmaker to investigate and offer different views of what we perceive as reality? I mean, none of us where there to witness the events at first hand. Everything we know is based on our choices of what we want to know and believe. The numerous negative reviews one sees given to Blonde, probably reflect a judgment on an idea of frivolity attached to the character itself. This is unfortunate and unfair to the movie and to Ana de Armas in particular. The whole point of this type of movie is, while keeping a degree of entertaining potential to the archetypal spectator for which 'all is well that ends well' formula, is necessary to leave the movie theater 'entertained' and pleased, such formulae risk running counter to the degrees of truthfulness that should be part and parcel of a, ultimately, more honest account and this one was, I think.
The Sixth Secret (2022)
Murder gone wrong with an LGBT twist
Confined to one room mostly this felt like a filmed theatrical performance, but then the flashbacks are introduced with some interesting cinematic elements, such as the monlogue being synchronized to the flashback images, which seemed rather witty.
There's an LGBT twist which I don't want to disclose but which was quite surprising. Actually there are two twists. Nowadays LGBT subjects are being treated with such forced respect that it was quite refreshing to see some fun poked at this matter. I mean, there are good LGBT people in the world but there are also evil ones, right? I'm an LGBT person and I liked the way this subject was interwoven into the narrative, whereas too often it's just an added element of political correctness that has nothing to do with the story.
Ratched (2020)
Absolute tops
It seems the makers of AHS can do no wrong. Whatever they touch, turns into gold. Ratched can be viewed to be another sub section of AHS with the same stars and visual style. TBH I'm not sure why it wasn't included, probably because they wanted to continue with Season 2 and probably 3. And it's not as "horrible" as the AHS, but nevertheless has a very spooky atmosphere. Plot is amazing, extraordinary and it's written so beautifully, no matter how many praise you will give this series is still less. Creator Evan Romansky really made a masterpiece, the events in this story occured in 1947, when you watch the series it you'll feel the that old time. From dresses to cars, homes to Hospitals everything portrayed much beautifully. Locations and editing are superb. Editors Shelly Westerman, Peggy Tachdjian, Ravi Subramanian, Ken Ramos & Danielle Wang really done marvelous job here. Music is too good and screenplay too. I'm biting my nails here for the series to continue as soon as possible!
American Horror Story (2011)
Cat's whiskers
I have no words to describe how much I enjoy this show, every single episode and season of it! There's not a single misfire throughout the whole series. It's is my all time favourite show. While being imperfect at times, the show embodies true campy horror in its most unique form. This show is like nothing that has ever been created. Besides the aspects of horror this show takes on, the most important thing is the way the show portrays and delivers significant messages to the audience. If your a big fan of horror I highly recommend it, The show has 9 seasons, and every season was great in its own way, My favorite seasons are season 3 coven and season 1 murder house, after the fifth season it went kind of downhill, but I thought season 8 was very creative since it was a sequel to season 1 and 3, Also the choice of actors/actresses was amazing, they even included a few celebrities like Lady gaga, Stevie nicks, Neil Patrick Harris, Mark Consuelo, Naomi Campbell etc. Keep going and give us many more seasons!